1.2 trillion rubles This is how much the Ministry of Industry and Trade estimated the economic effect of introducing product labeling over five years due to the whitening of the market. The Ministry of Industry and Trade selected 10 categories of goods for which labeling will be introduced: footwear, jackets, perfumes, cameras, tires, etc.

During preparations for the "My Street" program, a tombstone of Anna Rtishcheva, the daughter of Alexei Mikhailovich's favorite Fyodor Rtishcheva and the wife of Peter I's comrade-in-arms Prince Pyotr Prozorovsky, was found on Bolshaya Lubyanka. This was reported by the "Moscow" agency, citing the portal of the mayor and government of Moscow. The portal calls Rtishcheva a close associate of Peter I.

This is explained by the growth in prices for petroleum products, which follow the price of oil / Dmitry Rogulin / ITAR-TASS "The output of petroleum products in Russia fell due to negative profitability after the start of the tax maneuver and optimization of production volumes," comments BCS analyst Kirill Tachennikov.

The Federation Council will define the concept of “interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state” and figure out how to punish such interference. One of the sanctions could be, for example, blocking foreign media broadcasting in Russia. This was stated on Wednesday by the deputy chairman of the international committee of the Federation Council, Andrei Klimov, who headed the new commission for the protection of state sovereignty.

This week, Pavel Durov's messenger Telegram became the most downloaded app among free programs for iPhone. It even surpassed WhatsApp, the most popular messenger in Russia by all metrics. On Monday, Telegram moved up from 15th to 7th place in the AppStore, and soon took 1st place in the charts, where it remains to this day. In the Play Market, an app store for Android smartphones, Telegram is not in 1st place. But it moved from 31st to 20th place, and is now in 14th.

Alexey Taranin Lyft founders Logan Green and John Zimmer recently circulated a letter to their employees that, seemingly sincerely, urged their team not to gloat over Uber’s recent woes. Lyft does have cause for gloating, however, and it’s easy to understand why. For years, it has been locked in a bitter and costly battle with Uber.

Actively managed funds, by contrast, continue to lose both clients and their money / Richard Drew / AP Video. Why Russian and US stock markets have diverged Finance / Video In the first quarter, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) bought $98 billion worth of U.S. stocks, comparable to the combined total for 2015–16, according to the Federal Reserve. ETFs own nearly 6% of U.S. stocks, a record high.

In the performance of the RAAM project theatre “Werewolf”, pagan rituals do not conflict with the playful nature of the theatre / A. Garifulin I forgot to ask the representatives of the Turkic-speaking peoples whether they have widespread superstitions about the number 13, but if they do, it is in vain. The 13th Nauruz festival, traditionally organized by the Kamal Theater, went off without a hitch.

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy Alexey Pushkov called the liberation of Iraqi Mosul a powerful blow to the banned terrorist organization Islamic State. "The capture of Mosul is a powerful blow to ISIS. Three years ago, al-Baghdadi declared the creation of a "caliphate" in Mosul. Now there is neither one nor the other," Pushkov wrote on Twitter .

The 19-kilometer bridge will be the longest in Russia and will connect the Crimean peninsula with the mainland of Russia by road and rail. The bridge is scheduled to open to traffic in December 2018, and trains will be launched on December 1, 2019. The cost of the project is 227.9 billion rubles in the prices of the corresponding years. The general contractor for the construction is Arkady Rotenberg's Stroygazmontazh .

June 29, 2017, 11:30 / Economics VTsIOM: 10% of Russians do not have enough money even for groceries Vedomosti A survey by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) showed that the consumer capabilities of Russians have sharply decreased and cannot yet reach their previous level. More than 80% of Russians consider those who barely have enough money for food and clothing to be poor.

June 29, 2017, 16:36 / Economics The Ministry of Finance proposes to reduce budget expenditures in 2018 by 2% Vedomosti The Ministry of Finance proposes to reduce budget expenditures in 2018 by 2% in order to create a reserve in the amount of 77 billion rubles. Russia plans to completely stop spending the Reserve Fund from 2019. In 2018, spending will be halved compared to this year. This was stated by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at a government meeting.

Read on vedomosti.ru Sberbank President German Gref advised only casino fans to “play” with cryptocurrencies due to the highest volatility. He said this at an open lecture “New technological trends and models of effective management” at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg. “Volatility (of cryptocurrencies) will continue. We see what's happening. The technology is immature, obviously. I recommend playing this currency only to casino fans. You can win or you can lose,” Gref said.

June 29, 2017, 16:19 / Economics Russia's international reserves increased by $2.4 billion from June 16 to June 23 undefined Vedomosti

Lawyers for Alexei Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) have appealed the ruling of the Lyublinsky Court on businessman Alisher Usmanov's lawsuit to protect his honor, dignity and business reputation. This was reported to Interfax by the district court's press secretary Lyudmila Morozova. The date for the hearing of this appeal in the Moscow City Court has not yet been set.